Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) President Dmitry Shlyakhtin has been suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) and the national governing body he leads charged with serious breaches of the anti-doping rules, including obstructing an investigation.
Umar Kremlev, the Russian Boxing Federation secretary general who offered to personally wipe out the International Boxing Association's $16 million debt, has been put in charge of attracting new investment for the world governing body.
Skeletal remains of at least 187 people were retrieved from the site of the new National Stadium, the main venue for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, before construction began, it has been revealed.
Tokyo Metropolitan Government has provided a preview of the Olympic Aquatics Centre and Ariake Arena as construction of the venues approaches its conclusion.
World Athletics has confirmed that the planned meeting between world and Olympic triple jump champion Christian Taylor and its President Sebastian Coe and chief executive Jon Ridgeon ahead of the World Athlete of the Year awards on Saturday (November 23) here will go ahead.
Olympic silver medals from Sochi 2014 were awarded to the United States' two- and four-man bobsleigh teams at the Team USA annual awards, where gymnast Simone Biles and ice skater Nathan Chen were also recognised.
Belgium, Colombia, France, Italy and the Netherlands will boast a full team of five riders for the men's Olympic road races, after the International Cycling Union (UCI) confirmed the number of quota places for the competition.
World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) executive director Michael Schmidt says the international governing body is very close to having "perfect conditions" and being ready for next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Cleveland's St Paul AME Zion Church will hold the funeral for one of the city's most honoured sons on Saturday (November 23) - four-time Olympic gold medallist Harrison Dillard, who died last Friday (November 15) aged 96.
Organisers of the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne are encouraging people to pay a visit to the brand-new official shop for the Games.
The Canadian Olympic Foundation (COF), the official charitable organisation of the Canadian Olympic Committee and Team Canada, will receive CAD$3.90 (£2.30/$2.90/€2.60) from every pair of CAD$15 (£9/$11/€10) mittens sold today on National Red Mitten Day.
It was a day of shocks at the Badminton World Federation Korea Masters, as a number of seeds were sent tumbling out of the round-of-16 at Gwangju Women’s University Stadium.
It was a glorious day for India at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol in Putian, China, as they took three of the four gold medals on offer.
Home favourite Clarence Chew delivered a brave performance in round one of the table tennis Seamaster T2 Diamond 2019, but ultimately fell short against Japan's number one.
Russia racked up four gold medals today across the men's and women's fighting categories at the Ju-Jitsu International Federation World Championships in Dubai.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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